Film/TV Production Resources

Production Companies, Studios, Etc. Television Networks Broadcast TV Networks (U.S.) Cable TV Networks See also Yahoo's listing of international networks Festivals and Competitions Screenwriting and Scripts Trade Magazines Professional Organizations TV Regulation Lists, Databases, and Archives Multimedia Production Companies Buena Vista Movieplex Walt Disney productions. MCA/Universal Cyberwalk Includes Universal Channel, Universal Pictures, and MCA Home Entertainment. MGM/UA - The Lion's Den Paramount Pictures Online Studio Films, television, and news. Voyager Over 200 videodiscs, including the Criterion Collection of classic and contemporary films. Wittenberg Center for Alternative Resources, Bearsville, NY, USA Videotapes on environmental, human rights and social justice issues. Broadcast TV Networks (U.S.) ABC CBS Fox NBC PBS WB Cable TV Networks A&E - Arts and Entertainment Network All News Channel American Movie Classics (AMC) Black Entertainment Television Networks Bravo! An arts and entertainment network. BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) C-SPAN CNBC CNN (Cable News Network) Comedy Central Deutsche Welle Radio & TV International Germany's international broadcasting service. Multilingual Web site: German, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Discovery Finnish TV Channels HBO Independent Film Channel Learning Channel Lifetime Television Movie Channel MSNBC MTV MuchMusic Canada Canada's first 24-hour, all video music channel. See also MuchMusic USA. Nickelodeon See also Nick at Nite's TV Land, Nickelodeon Australia and Nickelodeon UK Sci-Fi Channel: The Dominion For science fiction, fantasy, horror and science fact. Showtime Sundance Affiliated with Robert Redford's Sundance Festival. Turner TBS - Turner Broadcasting System's "superstation" TNT - Turner Network Television Turner Classic Movies The University of Alabama Center for Public Television USA Network VH1 See also VH-1derland - the German Music TV channel VH-1. Weather Channel Festivals and Competitions Big Muddy Film Festival Provides independent film and video makers with an opportunity to present works that challenge the traditional boundaries of the visual media. Hosted by Film Alternatives and Southern Illinois University. Chicago International Film Festival The CIFF also maintains its own Film Festival Directory of several dozen Web pages devoted to film festivals. Delta-9 / Eden Matrix Independent Film Web Site Designed to be a resource for independent movie makers in Austin, Texas and around the world. Includes listings of dozens of film/video festivals, with e-mail links for more information. [NEXTFRAME] Festival List A listing of student-friendly festivals--originally compiled by the University Film and Video Association. Screenwriting and Scripts Drew's Scripts-O-Rama An index of movie and television scripts available on the Internet. The Internet Screenwriter's Network Charles Deemer's Screenwriters Resource Nuts & bolts info, from dramatic structure to format to marketing; film databases; movie reviews; eclectic stuff from Godzilla to Hitchcock; tips from the pros on the craft and business of screenwriting Monty Python Sketch Scripts The Television Transcript Project They're not scripts, exactly, but these transcriptions of TV shows are still useful to researchers and fans. Transcribed shows include Cybill, EastEnders, The Larry Sanders Show, Northern Exposure, Seinfeld, Xena: Warrior Princess. Trade Magazines Entertainment Weekly Stictly speaking, EW is not a trade mag, but it does include news about the film and television industries--including weekly box office figures and TV ratings. The Hollywood Reporter Significant portions of this Web site (e.g., box office grosses) are only available for a fee. Variety Venerable chronicle of the entertainment industries. Includes film/TV reviews, current box office grosses (i.e., films' earnings in the U.S.) and an amusing dictionary of Variety slang. Professional Organizations American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) Union for U.S. TV actors. American Film Marketing Association Trade association of 130 independent motion picture and television production and distribution companies. Directors' Guild of America (DGA) Union for U.S. film/TV directors. Assistant Directors Training Program, DGA Magazine interviews, how to contact the DGA, more. International Television Association (ITVA) An association for video, multimedia and film professionals. Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Union for U.S. film actors. Writers Guild of America (WGA) Union for screenwriters (film and TV). TV Regulation Advertising Law Internet Site Federal Communications Commission National Association of Broadcasters Television Censorship Archive U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 Lists, Databases, Archives, Etc. "I Saw It On TV": A Guide to Broadcast and Cable Programming Sources Compiled by Corinne Smith. Information on where to find materials seen on television. TV NET Collection of information on U.S. TV networks/stations Multimedia Laserdisc Archives Laserdisc Information Articles by Robert J. Niland. Multimedia Abstracts Articles on multimedia in education. WAXweb The hypermedia version of David Blair's feature-length independent film, WAX, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees. It combines one of the largest hypermedia narrative databases on the Internet with an authoring interface which allows users to collaboratively add to the story.

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